Harris County, TX — December 13, 2025, Preshay White was killed due to a single-car accident at approximately 5:00 a.m. along the Sam Houston Tollway.

According to authorities, 40-year-old Preshay White was traveling in an eastbound Dodge Journey on the Sam Houston Tollway in the vicinity of Kirby Drive when the accident took place.

Officials indicate that, for reasons yet to be confirmed, the Journey was involved in a single-vehicle collision in which it apparently struck a traffic attenuation device.

White reportedly sustained fatal injuries over the course of the wreck. Additional details pertaining to this incident are not available at this point in time. The investigation is currently ongoing.

Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman

When a vehicle crashes into a traffic attenuator and the driver is killed, it’s easy to file it away as just another early-morning single-car wreck. But the very fact that a protective device—intended to reduce crash severity—didn’t prevent a fatal outcome makes it all the more important to ask whether something else went wrong.

1. Did the authorities thoroughly investigate the crash?
A full reconstruction should have been performed to determine the vehicle’s speed, trajectory, and whether the driver made any attempt to steer or brake. That includes checking for skid marks, measuring the damage pattern on the attenuator, and assessing whether the vehicle struck the device head-on or at an angle. These details matter, especially when the crash involves impact with a safety feature designed to reduce harm.

2. Has anyone looked into the possibility that a vehicle defect caused the crash?
If the Dodge Journey suddenly lost steering control, suffered brake failure, or had a fault in its electronic stability system, the driver may not have had a chance to avoid the collision. Defects in such systems don’t always leave obvious signs at the scene—but they can be detected through a proper mechanical inspection. If no such inspection was done, any contributing defect might remain hidden.

3. Has all the electronic data relating to the crash been collected?
The Journey’s onboard systems likely recorded key metrics in the seconds before impact—vehicle speed, steering input, throttle, and braking. That data can help show whether the driver was trying to regain control or if the vehicle wasn’t responding. Phone records and GPS data may also provide insight into whether the driver was distracted or rerouting. If this data isn’t secured early, the opportunity to learn what really happened may be lost.

It’s one thing for a driver to make a mistake; it’s another for a crash involving a safety device to still prove fatal. The only way to know which is the case is to treat the scene and vehicle as if the answer isn’t obvious—because sometimes it's not.

Takeaways:

• Crashes into traffic attenuators require full scene reconstruction to assess crash dynamics.
• Mechanical failures could have made it impossible for the driver to avoid impact.
• Vehicle and phone data may clarify whether the driver tried to recover or experienced equipment failure.